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Michael Strogoff

Game ID: GID0208488
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Year
2017
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Description

In Michael Strogoff, based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name, players race to deliver a message to the brother of the Czar, while simultaneously racing both an assassin sent to kill that man and Tartar forces moving on Moscow. Players must help one another hold off the latter threats, while still trying to be the first to deliver that message.

Description

In Michael Strogoff, based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name, players race to deliver a message to the brother of the Czar, while simultaneously racing both an assassin sent to kill that man and Tartar forces moving on Moscow. Players must help one another hold off the latter threats, while still trying to be the first to deliver that message.

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Video 2ohF0HlHTJY Chairman of the Board Top List at 5:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Mechanically interesting
  • Good game overall
Cons
  • Can get stuck in the mud
  • Many bad things happen
  • Permanent deficits
  • Exhausting experience
  • Very punishing vibe
Thematic elements
  • Surviving traumatic events
  • World War I trenches
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hand Management — Managing a hand of cards to overcome threats.
  • Push Your Luck — Drawing cards based on terrain types, with duplicate symbols triggering negative events.
  • Set Collection (negative) — Getting duplicate symbols on cards triggers negative consequences.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • these games go that extra mile to make your life that much more difficult
  • these ones are mostly driven by the game itself trying to again cause problems for the players
  • I think in the year of the dragon is just so much a bigger step above those other ones I didn't want to have several stepf games on the on the same list
  • it is the core DNA of a game like in the year of the dragon and I think is a wonderful wonderful design
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